Sounding toy.



P'ATENTED JULY M, 1903.

v H. P. WEBER.

SOUNDING TOY.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. a. 1902.

N0 MODEL.

:i-iiiia m 8 UNITED STATES Patented July 14, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

HEINRICH F. WEBER, OF NEW YORK, Y.

SOUNDING TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 733,779, dated July 14, 1903.

Application filed November 6, 1902. Serial No. 130.287. (No model.)

To alt w/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, HEINRICH F. WEBER, a citizen of the Empire of Germany, residing in New York, borough of-Manhattan, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sounding Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a sounding toy of that class in which motion is combined with noise and which is intended to be used by children in the nature of the well-known pinwheels by moving it through the air, so that in addition to the rotary motion imparted to the drive wheel sounds in imitation of a clapper are produced, so that the amusement given by the toy is increased; and for this purpose the invention consists of a sounding toy which comprises a supporting-frame provided with a handle, a shaft supported. in bearings of said frame, a propelling-wheel at one end of said shaft, radial arms on the middle portion of the shaft, and a handle at the opposite end of v the shaft, said arms being provided with pivoted clappers that are operated in connection with a sounding-plate pivoted to the supporting-frame below said shaft.

The invention consists, further, of certain details of construction and combinations of parts, which will be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myilnproved sounding toy, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the bird-chasing devices drawn on a larger scale, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal transverse section on line 3 3, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the-drawings, A represents a supportingframe, which is formed of two upright standards a a, that are connected at their lower ends by transverse braces b b, to which a stock or handle B is attached, either parallel with said standards or at right angles thereto, said stock or handle being attached to said standards by means of openings and keys. In one case the toy is supported at the upper end of a vertical handle, while in the second case the toy is supported at the upper end of a horizontal handle.

In the upper ends of the standards a a is supported a shaft S, which turns in bearings of the standards, said shaft being made of two sections, which are connected by a coupling-sleeve C, that is located intermediately between the standards a a and set-screws 25, said shaft extending at both ends beyond the standards and provided at one end with a propelling-wheel D, which is formed of radial wings d or blades that areset at a suitable angle of inclination tothe axis of the shaft S, and at the other end with a handle D for turning the shaft and propelling-wheel by hand When desired. The coupling-sleeve C is provided with radial arms E, to the ends of which are pivoted the shanks'or clappers E. Below the sleeve 0 and in the path of the clappers' is arranged a sounding-plate F, which is pivoted at its upper corners to the standards a- Ct, so that the clappers in following the rotations of the shaft strike against the sounding-plate F and produce a succession of sounds, which may be varied in pitch by making the sounding-plate thick or thin.

The sounding toy is preferably made of wood, the propelling-wheel being made of a size corresponding to the size of the ordinary pin wheel. By moving the toy quickly through the air, so that the propelling-wheel is set in motion, or by subjecting the same to the action of the wind when out of doors the rotation of the propelling-wheel produces the turning of the shaft S and the successive blows of the clappers on the sounding-plate pivotally supported in the path of the same. In this manner a repetition of clapper sounds is produced in connection with the motion of thepropelling-Wheel, the combination of motion and noise forming an attractive toy for the amusement of children.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Paten t l. A sounding toy, consisting of a supporting-frame, a handle for said frame, a shaft supported in bearings of the frame, a propelling-wheel atone end of the shaft, radial arms on the middle portion of the shaft,clappers pivoted to said arms, and a soundingplate pivoted to the frame below the shaft to receive the impact of the clappers when the shaft is turned, substantially as set forth.

2. A sounding toy,-consisting of a supporting-frame, a handle for said frame, a shaft supported in bearings of the frame, said shaft being composed of two sections, a couplingsleeve for said sections between said frame, a propelling- Wheel at one end of the shaft, radial arms on said coupling-sleeve, clappers pivoted to said arms, and a sounding-plate pivoted to the frame below the shaft and adapted to receive the impact of the clappers when the shaft is turned, substantially as set forth.

3. A sounding toy, consisting of a supporting-frame formed of upright standards and a handle attached thereto, a shaft turning in hearings of said standards,a propelling-vb eel at one end of said shaft, a handle at the op- HEINRICH F. WEBER.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, HENRY J. SUHRBIER. 

